Favorite historical figure?

• Phunkie wrote on 2010-07-31 19:14
  I admire Abraham Lincoln. The way he dealt with the Civil War was astounding and his speeches were truly inspiring.
  
  He always advocated for a Union, not I am right and you are wrong. And he brought both his rivals and allies together in government.
  
  This has always been my favorite quote of his:
  
  

  We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

  
  
  Compromise. It's something a lot of people willingly lack these days, perhaps because they are too proud or too fearful. Lincoln was neither.
  
  
  What about you?
  
  Who's your favorite historical figure? And why?
• Chillax wrote on 2010-07-31 20:29
  Zhuge Liang. Incredible military tactician.
• Vinhthehero wrote on 2010-07-31 20:49
  Theodore Roosevelt. He got shot while doing a speech and just kept on going.
  
  

  While Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 14, 1912, a saloonkeeper named John Schrank shot him, but the bullet lodged in his chest only after penetrating both his steel eyeglass case and passing through a thick (50 pages) single-folded copy of the speech he was carrying in his jacket. Roosevelt, as an experienced hunter and anatomist, correctly concluded that since he wasn't coughing blood, the bullet had not completely penetrated the chest wall to his lung, and so declined suggestions he go to the hospital immediately. Instead, he delivered his scheduled speech with blood seeping into his shirt. He spoke for 90 minutes. His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose." Afterwards, probes and x-ray showed that the bullet had traversed three inches (76 mm) of tissue and lodged in Roosevelt's chest muscle but did not penetrate the pleura, and it would be more dangerous to attempt to remove the bullet than to leave it in place. Roosevelt carried it with him for the rest of his life.

  
  Theodore Roosevelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-08-02 01:33
  Theodore Roosevelt, Rosa Parks and MLK.
  They pretty much changed the world.
• Piko wrote on 2010-08-02 01:34
  A tie between Rasputin and Nikola Tesla. Rasputin is just insanely awesome, and Tesla could have made a freaking death ray. Pure win.
• Moppy wrote on 2010-08-02 01:42
  Either Hitler or Stalin...
  
  Don't get me wrong, I don't idolize them or anything but the whole history around these two figures is fascinating and full of interesting information. They despised each other yet had so many things in common.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-08-02 01:44
  Benjamin. Did you know he was a freaking pimp?
  
  

  Quote from Moppy;113144:

  Either Hitler or Stalin...
  
  Don't get me wrong, I don't idolize them or anything but the whole history around these two figures is fascinating and full of interesting information. They despised each other yet had so many things in common with each other.

  
  
  They were assholes, but you can't say they weren't manipulative geniuses. They knew how to work a crowd.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-08-02 01:44

  Quote from Chocklitshop;113136:

  Theodore Roosevelt, Rosa Parks and MLK.
  They pretty much changed the world.

  
  Explanation: They stood up for themselves in dire times. Rosa Parks stoon her ground in the bus and ended up in jail. That inspired many blacks, including MLK. Roosevelt, even though he is white, supported MLK and even got killed. They knew that they was going to die (It's been said in their speeches), yet they continued to fight. If they didn't, maybe the world will still be more segregated (Not all countries are lucky :<). They are truly inspiring.
• Time wrote on 2010-08-02 01:56
  I really like JFK, although this is partially due to the fact I like the theories around his death, and the whole controversy/cover up.....But Lincoln is way up there, Ive never really thought about favorites before...
• Tokiko wrote on 2010-08-02 08:48
  Jesus....No...
  Obama....No....
  John Henry Eden...No...
  
  Wow this is a really question.
  I love history but I just cannot find someone I'm interested in.
  uhh...
  David Hilbert comes to mind but I don't know why.
  Dx
• Phunkie wrote on 2010-08-04 10:23

  Quote from YoungChockeh;113147:

  Explanation: They stood up for themselves in dire times. Rosa Parks stoon her ground in the bus and ended up in jail. That inspired many blacks, including MLK. Roosevelt, even though he is white, supported MLK and even got killed. They knew that they was going to die (It's been said in their speeches), yet they continued to fight. If they didn't, maybe the world will still be more segregated (Not all countries are lucky :<). They are truly inspiring.

  
  
  Theodore Roosevelt?
  
  Don't you mean JFK? He was the one who got killed.
  
  lmao
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-08-04 16:06
  Oh I fail :[.
  BUT JFK AND HIS BROTHER HELPED MLK SO HE COOL D<.